'Disney D-Day Land' row over plan to open tourist attraction

There are rumours Steven Spielberg (pictured) has been approached to work on the attraction which Mr Morin hopes could be placed somewhere between Caen and the landing beaches. Photo: Getty Images

Henry Samuel
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Plans to create a permanent tourist attraction recounting the Normandy Landings in France have sparked warnings against turning the bloody Allied invasion into a "Disney-style", commercial "D-Day Land".

The idea was first mooted by Herve Morin, head of the Normandy regional council, who wanted to create a permanent site to mark the landings of June 6, 1944 in time for the 80th anniversary in 2024.